Barrel-head



(No Model.)

G. M. BURROUGHS &1P. K. ROBERTS..

BARREL HEAD.

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BARREL-HEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters Patent No. 540,380, datedsJ' une4, 1895.

Application filed May 8, 1894. Serial No. 510,484. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE M. BURROUGHS and FRANK K. ROBERTS, of SantaCruz, in the county of Santa Cruz and State ofCalifornia, have inventeda new and Improved Barrel- Head, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description. l

Our invention is an improvement in the class of barrel-heads which areprovided with sliding bars for securing them in barrels at any desiredheight from the bottom thereof.

The general construction and novel features of the barrel-head arehereinafter described and pointed out.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part ofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of our improved head as arranged in areceptacle, the .latter being shown in section. Fig. 2 is a sectionalplan of the head on the line 2 2 in Fig. 1, showing in detail theconstruction of the middle plate of the head and the arrangement of thelocking-bars, also the mechanism for moving the latter and a modifiedmeans of locking the driving cog-wheel. Fig. 3 is abroken detailsectional View of the central portion of the head, the cog or gearmechanism for Operating the locking-bars, and the ratchet device forfastening the main cog-wheel. Fig. 4 is a similar View of aslightly-modified form of head; and Fig. 5 is a broken detail elevation,partly in section, of a portion of one of the locking-bars.

The barrel head l0 is composed of an upper and lower plate 11 and l2 andan interposed middle plate made up of four pieces, the two outer pieces13 having straight inner edges and outer edges adapted to lie ush withthe Outer edge of thehead, and two mid# die pieces 14 which are fastenedfirmly between the outer pieces 13, and the outer ends of which alsoconform to the general shape of the edge of the head. The middle pieces14 are recessed at their inner ends,'as shown at 14a, to provide roomfor the turning of the main cog wheel, as hereinafter described, andbetween the pieces 13 and 14 are ways 15 which open from opposite edgesand in which are held to slide locking bars 16 which are adapted to beforced outward from the ways 15, and these bars have pointed ends 17 ifthe head is to used in a wooden vessel, so that they may be readilyforced into the wood of thevessel and thus bind the head in place; butwhen the head is to be used in a vessel other than a wooden one, thelocking bars are provided with rubber tips 18 at their outer ends, (seeFig. 5) or with a similar frictional material, which tips are forcedlirmly against the wall of the receptacle so as to fasten the head inplace. These locking bars 16 have teeth on their inner edges, as shownat 19, which engage the teeth of a cog wheel 2O carried by a verticalshaft 21 which is provided with a suitable washer 22 on the under sideof the head and, in some cases, with a washer on the upper side, as inFig. 4. The shaft is provided with a hand wheel 23 by which it may beturned, and it is preferably mounted in a bracket 24, which is securedto the top of the barrel head, as in Fig. 1, although it may be usedwithout the bracket, as illustrated in Fig. 4.

To prevent the cog wheel from being turned too far,it is provided with apin 25 which projects from its under side and turns in a curved slot 26in the bottom plate 12, this slot and pin limiting the movement of thecog wheel.

The shaft has secured to it, a ratchet wheel 27, which is placed on theupper side of the barrel head, and thisvis engaged by a pawl 28 so thatwhen the shaft is turned to throw out the locking bars, the ratchetwheel prevents it from turning back and consequentlylocks the bars inplace. ratchet wheel and pawl, the arrangement shown in Figs. 2 and 4may be used, where a sliding pawl 29 having a button 3l, is arranged inva recess between the upper and lower plates 11 and 12, and is pressedby a spring 30 into engagement with the cog wheel 20. Itwill be seenthen that the pawl 29 will normally engage and lockthe cog wheel, andwhen the latter is to be turned back, the operator must rst push backthe vbutton 5l, thus releasing the pawl.

It will be seen from the above description that the head is of a Verysimple construction, and that it may be readily adjusted at any Instead,however, of the Ioo desired height in the receptacle and fastened thereby simply turning the hand Wheel 23,

as this turns the cog Wheel 2O and forces out y the locking bars so asto fasten them and the 5 head securely to the receptacle.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patentf The combination with the sectional barrelheadhaving parallel recesses, of slidable rack- 1o bars arranged in saidrecesses and having rubber tips as specified, and means for sliding saidrack bar, as shown and described.

GEORGE M. BURROUGHS.

FRANK K. ROBERTS. Witn esses:

PEARL MAKINNEY, HUGH S. GORDON.

